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2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-258.02 - Maintaining a fortified drug house; penalty

18.2-258.02. Maintaining a fortified drug house; penalty.

Any office, store, shop, restaurant, dance hall, theater, poolroom,clubhouse, storehouse, warehouse, dwelling house, apartment or building orstructure of any kind which is (i) substantially altered from its originalstatus by means of reinforcement with the intent to impede, deter or delaylawful entry by a law-enforcement officer into such structure, (ii) beingused for the purpose of manufacturing or distributing controlled substancesor marijuana, and (iii) the object of a valid search warrant, shall beconsidered a fortified drug house. Any person who maintains or operates afortified drug house is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

(1996, c. 913.)

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